Courtney Milan said “No man is broken because bad things happen to him. He’s broken because he doesn’t keep going after those things happen.” So what do you do when shtuff happens? I think there are a few good options. You can make shtuff happen, get shtuff done or even get your shtuff together, but to do any of those we need to flush the shtuff that happened first. This episode will help you with what to do when you're in the deep shtuff. So listen and find out how as we tag on to last week's e...
Jul 14, 2025•32 min•Ep. 478
What happens when Happy Life Studios and MoJoe Studio join forces? Shtuff happens that's what! Listen to this episode we created with Joe MoJoe McCarthy and find out just what to do when the shtuff hits the fan. Then share it with someone else who is currently going through the shtuff. You'll be Happy you did! The song we used for the intro was "Are You Happy" by Primitive Radio Gods. The ending song was "Make Someone Happy" by Jimmy Durante. We don't own any rights. MoJoe Studio Webpage and eve...
Jul 07, 2025•37 min•Ep. 477
"Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go." - Hazel Scott "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." - Nelson Mandela "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth". - George Washington "I wonder if Humpty Dumpty felt free." - me Eggshells are a problem of freedom. They're a solution to freedom as well. Listen and see what we are talking about,...
Jul 03, 2025•24 min•Ep. 476
Listen and learn how to make someone a Governor. Well maybe not a political one (this is a Happy podcast after all) but one who will govern their life well. And when that happens??? ...well let's not give it away. Just listen, share and let's make some Governors! You'll be Happy you did! Actually, we'll all be Happy you did. If you would like to help us spread the Happy PayPal: www.PayPal.me/StevoHays Cash App: $HappyLifeStudios Zelle: StevoHays@gmail.com Venmo: @StevoHays Buy Me A Coffee: buyme...
Jun 23, 2025•21 min•Ep. 475
Dad's take a lot of flack for their Dad jokes. However, being a Dad is no joke! Listen and see why. Whether you are a father, a mother or somebody's child you're going to enjoy this episode we created with MoJoe McCarthy of our brother studio MoJoe Studio in southern California. If you would like to help us spread the Happy PayPal: www.PayPal.me/StevoHays Cash App: $HappyLifeStudios Zelle: StevoHays@gmail.com Venmo: @StevoHays Buy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/HappyLifeStudio Check: Payable to H...
Jun 16, 2025•29 min•Ep. 474
One of our credos here at Happy Life Studios is "Make someone Happy and you'll be Happy too". However, after running into Awesome Mary I saw another side of that statement I hadn't seen before. Join us as we interview AWSM Mary and see why she is so awesome. Why would you want "Proud Mary" when you can have AWSM Mary instead? The song we used for the intro was "Are You Happy" by Primitive Radio Gods. The ending song was "Make Someone Happy" by Jimmy Durante. We don't own any rights, but they are...
Jun 09, 2025•33 min•Ep. 473
Be You! We've talked about it before, and we're definitely not the only ones. Being yourself is a very popular topic these days. However, it doesn't just happen. It does take some work. Much like baking cookies. Today we want to share some word cookies from some pretty notable "bakers" to help you become the you that you want to become. And who doesn't like cookies? Listen and share these cookies with someone else who could use some Happy, because not too many things can make someone Happy like ...
Jun 02, 2025•28 min•Ep. 472
Every body needs a body. Every person needs a person. Everyone is looking for someone who is looking for them. Listen and see what we are talking about. You'll be Happy you did! In this episode you will notice that one statement will lead into the next and then the next, just as in life. All of these statements will culminate with the lives of these modern day heroes who...well let's not get ahead of ourselves. We don't want to give it away. We would also like to give a special thanks to James K...
May 26, 2025•27 min•Ep. 471
Did you know that weirdness is hereditary? Yeah, you get it from your kids. Did you catch that? Because the best things in life aren't taught, they're caught. Last week we talked about some of the not so serious things my mom taught me and it came to my attention that I might have been a little hard on her. So this week I decided to talk about the things I caught from her as well. And a few things from my dad also. Listen and share, you'll be Happy you did. What are you spreading? What are the p...
May 19, 2025•28 min•Ep. 470
Things that I learned from my wonderful mother. She taught me some great life lessons, but I didn't share any of those in this episode, however. Here are 25 funny things all moms tend to say. "Hi Mom", we love you and Happy Mother's Day! The song we used for the intro was "Are You Happy" by Primitive Radio Gods. The ending song was "Make Someone Happy" by Jimmy Durante. We don't own any rights. Contact us Linktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudios Email: Podcast@HappyLife.Studio Yo Stevo Hotline: ...
May 11, 2025•20 min•Ep. 469
General Ignacio Zaragoza said “A nation, however weak, which defends its liberty deserves the respect of the world.” and that is exactly what Cinco De Mayo is all about! May the 5th be with you and Happy Cinco De Mayo! The song we used for the intro was "Are You Happy" by Primitive Radio Gods. The ending song was "Make Someone Happy" by Jimmy Durante. We don't own any rights. Contact us Linktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudios Email: Podcast@HappyLife.Studio Yo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (429...
May 05, 2025•19 min•Ep. 468
Here are 10 things you might not know about Star Wars. Then again, if you're a big fan of Star Wars, maybe you do. But do you know how they help us live a Happier Life? Listen and find out. Happy Star Wars Day and May the 4th be with you! The songs we used for the intro were "Are You Happy" by Primitive Radio Gods and "Star Wars (Main Theme)" by John Williams. The ending song was "Make Someone Happy" by Jimmy Durante. We don't own any rights, but we sure love the songs. Contact us Linktree: www....
May 04, 2025•21 min•Ep. 467
Instead of the F word try the Nevertheless word and see what happens. There are nearly five thousand adjectives in the English language and it feels like the F-bomb is trying to take them all hostage. Nevertheless, we invented a new F-bomb, and this one will not only expose the negative, it will explode it as well, and then replace it with Happy. The song we used for the intro was "Are You Happy" by Primitive Radio Gods and the ending was "Make Someone Happy" by Jimmy Durante. We don't own any r...
Apr 21, 2025•22 min•Ep. 466
If Arnold Schwarzenegger loves Easter, maybe we should to. I mean, nobody wants to make Arnold angry! In this episode, we will talk about just what makes this week Holy, as well as highlight something that really inspires us about Holy Week, not to mention how Jesus was a Happy Lifer too! So stay tuned, you'll be Happy you did. We don't normally talk about religion or politics here, but since we are the official podcast of the Holidays and since Easter and Holy Week are Holidays celebrated by so...
Apr 18, 2025•27 min•Ep. 465
Do you want to believe in yourself more? Would you like to be more confident and think more positively? It's not complicated to do. We all have a bouncer in our brain—it's been proven scientifically. It's called the R.A.S. or the Reticular Activating System. This bouncer determines which thoughts to allow into our brain and which ones to reject. It can either be a good guy or a bad bouncer, all depending only on how we train it. In this episode, we dive deeper into a quote we received from a Hap...
Apr 14, 2025•24 min•Ep. 464
Happy Palm Sunday or Happy High Five Sunday as we like to call it here at Happy Life Studios. Listen and find out why, you'll be Happy you did! It is a spiritual Holiday, not unlike like many Holidays, so this episode will have a spiritual bend to it. We hope you enjoy. We would like to thank James Kocian, once again for the use of his amazing songs. The one used in this episode was "More Beautiful". Check out more of his amazing stuff here www.JamesKocian.com or here www.Facebook.com/jameskocia...
Apr 13, 2025•16 min•Ep. 463
Does your life ever seem meaningless? Would you like it to feel meaningful? To like or be liked, that is the question! Listen and see why this question, and how we answer it, will determine whether our life has LESS or is FULL of meaning. Go ahead, you'll be Happy you did! Contact us Linktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudios Email: Podcast@HappyLife.Studio Yo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (4297) Webpage: www.HappyLife.lol YouTube: www.YouTube.com/StevoHays Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/steve-hays...
Apr 07, 2025•20 min•Ep. 462
There are two ways to view April Fool's Day. The typical way is to make others look like a fool. The other is to reveal the fool already inside you. One leads us to Happy and Healthy. The other does quite the opposite. The question is, how would you like to spend your April Fool's Day? Listen and find out, then share with someone else who could use some Happy. You'll be Happy you did! Here's a great article from Very Well Mind that supports this concept: https://www.verywellmind.com/the-benefits...
Mar 31, 2025•25 min•Ep. 461
Happy International Day of Happiness! It might seem like a mouthful of words, but that would be fitting because it's a heart-full of Holiday. And If you want to harvest Happy, you will need a good sickle. If you want to BE Happy—not just on this world-wide special day celebrated all over the globe, but EVERYday—try focusing on giving it away, not getting it some day. Now that's a good sickle. Let's harvest some Happy, so we can turn around and hand out ours. The songs we used in this episode are...
Mar 20, 2025•23 min•Ep. 460
It may not be easy being green, but Ray Charles, Kermit the Frog and the Irish (including us wanna be's) sure do it well. Here's to an amazing man and people! Happy St. Patrick's Day! Listen and share, and let's celebrate Saint Patrick's Day together. After all, as you will hear, we are "Happier Together". The songs we used in this episode are "It's Not Easy Being Green" by Ray Charles as well as by Kermit the Frog, "Are You Happy" by Primitive Radio Gods and "Make Someone Happy" by Jimmy Durant...
Mar 17, 2025•22 min•Ep. 459
Are you desperately searching for answers? The problem is, we usually don't find them until we stop striving and searching. Fixating on the problem only enlarges the problem and freezes us from moving forward—it freezes us from living life. Like I heard my son's band, Guava Tree, sing the other night, "relax and get your power back". That was so good, because truth is, the answers often come to us when we stop laboring and start living our life and try relaxing instead. So join me in my experime...
Mar 10, 2025•23 min•Ep. 458
Life is sweet but it can also be sour. It really depends on what we decide to scatter around us. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said “There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.” Scattering Joy is like spreading Happy. The more Happy we spread, the more joy we scatter and the sweeter life becomes. For us as well as the world around us. Listen and see what we are talking about, because we can sit and watch life sour or we can grab a han...
Mar 03, 2025•23 min•Ep. 457
George Washington was one, Abraham Lincoln was one, the Dalai Lama was one even Curly of the 3 Stooges was one and you can be one as well. Listen and find out what we're talking about. You'll be Happy you did. Contact us Linktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudios Email: Podcast@HappyLife.Studio Yo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (4297) Webpage: www.HappyLife.lol YouTube: www.YouTube.com/StevoHays Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/steve-hays-b6b1186b/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/ @happylifestudios Facebook: w...
Feb 24, 2025•25 min•Ep. 456
Listen and find out how Abraham Lincoln was actually a vampire hunter. Contact us Linktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudios Email: Podcast@HappyLife.Studio Yo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (4297) Webpage: www.HappyLife.lol YouTube: www.YouTube.com/StevoHays Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/steve-hays-b6b1186b/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/ @happylifestudios Facebook: www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios Instagram: www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios Twitter: www.x.com/stevehays If you would like to help us s...
Feb 17, 2025•27 min•Ep. 455
What do women really want for Valentine's Day? Wouldn't it be great to know? Some people like Valentine's Day and some think it's nothing more than a sham to sell cards, flowers, and chocolate, and does it even matter? In this special Valentine's Day episode, we continue talking about the Platinum Rule. Whether you like Valentine's Day or not, you're going to want to listen to this episode. Happy Valentine's Day, or Happy non-Valentine's Day you choose—just make sure you forget the flowers and p...
Feb 15, 2025•22 min•Ep. 454
What is the Platinum Rule, how is it better than the Golden Rule and what does it have to do with the Super Bowl? Listen to this episode we recorded with Joe McCarthy of MoJOE studio and find out...you'll be Happy you did! Contact us Linktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudios Email: Podcast@HappyLife.Studio Yo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (4297) Webpage: www.HappyLife.lol YouTube: www.YouTube.com/StevoHays Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/steve-hays-b6b1186b/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/ @happylifestudio...
Feb 09, 2025•28 min•Ep. 453
Why live The Golden Rule when you can live The Platinum Rule instead? Not only is platinum worth more than gold, as far as rules go it works better as well. Way better actually. Listen as we talk with Joe McCarthy of MoJoe Studio and find out what what we're talking about. You'll be Happy you did! Contact us Linktree: www.Linktr.ee/HappyLifeStudios Email: Podcast@HappyLife.Studio Yo Stevo Hotline: (425) 200-HAYS (4297) Webpage: www.HappyLife.lol YouTube: www.YouTube.com/StevoHays Linkedin: www.l...
Feb 03, 2025•37 min•Ep. 452
My toothbrush has been talking to me lately. Should I be concerned? Aristotle said "Well begun is half done" but AriStevo says "Well begun is half done, but not even close to completely done". How we start our day, how we start our week, how we start our year is important if we want "life to be good", as Joe Walsh would sing, because well begun is half done. Not only has my New Year's theme this year been changing me for the better, I have also noticed that my themes from years past have been do...
Jan 27, 2025•27 min•Ep. 451
What in the world is a DOINKonym and what does it have to do with Martin Luther King, Jr.? In this episode, we will give you 5 DOINKonyms to help you win. "Oftentimes change takes a while...especially change that means the most, or should I say, change that is most needed?" Here is a view of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech (as well as The March on Washington D.C. where it happened), that you probably haven't heard or thought of before. I hope you listen in because it's reality and it'...
Jan 20, 2025•44 min•Ep. 450
Whether it's a New Years Theme we choose to go with (which we recommend at Happy Life Studios) or New Years Resolutions, if we do them right, they will change our life. However, setting them isn't enough. Oftentimes our themes, goals or resolutions won't happen on their own. Like we haave said several times "If we let it happen it won't happen". To see these goals and ideas accomplished we will have to push them, prod them, and/or poke them just like a cowboy does with cattle. The songs we used ...
Jan 13, 2025•22 min•Ep. 449
